VP of Technology & Innovation

About This Role

This role is responsible for directing the technological vision and innovation for a B2B SaaS company specializing in fleet intelligence. You will lead strategic planning, manage engineering teams, and oversee architecture and IT systems to deliver high-quality customer experiences and drive business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product leadership to assess optimal technology and architecture decisions aligned with product vision
• Develop and implement comprehensive IT strategies aligned with business objectives
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends for potential organizational impact
• Build and scale multiple software engineering teams and QA teams fostering innovation and collaboration
• Mentor and develop team members, including hiring, training, and performance evaluation
• Manage the software engineering department's budget, resource allocation, and project prioritization
• Provide technical guidance and direction for the engineering teams
• Promote healthy design patterns and architectural philosophy across development teams
• Drive the use of AI tools across the Engineering & QA teams
• Develop and manage enterprise software application architecture and infrastructure

Requirements

• Extensive experience leveraging Microsoft Azure and AWS for enterprise SaaS application hosting
• Extensive experience with Microsoft 365 Administration and Security Best Practices
• Experience with building enterprise-grade stream-processing platforms leveraging modern technologies like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon Kinesis, or Azure Eventhubs
• Experience managing software engineering organizations that include web application, mobile application, and quality assurance engineering
• Responsibility for the cybersecurity of a software company with a cloud-hosted solution, helping organizations navigate SOC 2 compliance
• Experience managing the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans of an IoT platform
• Knowledge of best practices and experience with building B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products
• Strong knowledge and extensive experience with enterprise software architecture design

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of IT leadership experience

Nice to Have

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Database management
• Hardware product experience
• Telematics, Video Telematics and/or fleet technology experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits